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One of the most detailed public releases of actual non-human origin languages yet. As challenging as this can be for some - especially when the subject is new to them - this can be said to be both an example of "genetic" information being carried forward in people alive today and a result of direct contact with the originating species. While minimal modern research has been done on such languages the respected research of Mary Rodwell has brought similar "star languages" (and at times the same) to public attention. I believe this work is very important and ground breaking.
originally posted by: ancienthistorian
This could be genetic memory, I remember about 2 years ago there was a viral story of a guy who woke up after a coma speaking french fluently for the first time.
Here is an American guy who woke up after a coma speaking fluent Swedish.
originally posted by: Box of Rain
originally posted by: ancienthistorian
That man had been exposed to people who spoke Swedish prior to his coma. He was associated with an international group of Middle ages enthusiasts, and was specifically close with a group of jousters from Sweden.
Therefore, his brain probably picked up Swedish from hearing those people (the brain remembers a lot of stuff that we don't even realize it remembers) and was repeating what it had heard.
If that's the case, it's still remarkable that a brain can do that (although I wouldn't be surprised if it could), but I think that means it is less likely that his Swedish came from a genetic memory, as you suggest, and instead was more of a conventional memory from this man's current life.
As for "Foreign Accent Syndrome", it's seems likely that it is just a person's speech centers in the brain causing them to SOUND LIKE they have an accent -- it's not a real accent from a real language.